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| name = Kedarnath Singh<br />
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| alt = Kedarnath Singh<br />
| caption = Kedarnath Singh<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1934|07|07}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chakia, Uttar Pradesh|Chakia]], [[Benares State]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2018|03|19|1934|07|07}}<br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = Poet<br />
| awards = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1989)<br />
* [[Jnanpith Award]] (2013)<br />
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'''Kedarnath Singh''' (7 July 1934 – 19 March 2018) was an Indian poet who wrote in Hindi.<ref name="Kedarnath Singh, 1934">{{cite web|title=Kedarnath Singh, 1934|url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/kedarnathsingh.html|publisher=loc.gov|access-date=15 July 2012|archive-date=1 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201053155/http://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/kedarnathsingh.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was also an eminent critic and essayist. He was awarded the [[Jnanpith Award]] (2013), [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1989) in Hindi for his poetry collection, ''Akaal Mein Saras'' (''Cranes in Drought'').<br />
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==Early life==<br />
He was born on 7 July 1934 in village [[Chakia, Uttar Pradesh|Chakia]] of Ballia district(Bairia) in eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.currentbooks.com/renowned-hindi-poet-kedarnath-singh-receives-jnanpith-award-2013.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825055604/http://www.currentbooks.com/renowned-hindi-poet-kedarnath-singh-receives-jnanpith-award-2013.html |archive-date=25 August 2014 }}</ref> He completed his graduation from [[Udai Pratap College]], Varanasi. He passed M.A. from [[Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya]] and did his Ph.D. from the same university. In Gorakhpur, he spent some time as a Hindi Teacher and went to [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], where he served as a professor and the head of department of Hindi Language in Indian Languages Center and retired as a professor from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]]. He lived in New Delhi. He died on 19 March 2018 in Delhi.<ref name="Scroll.in 2018">{{cite web | title=Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh dies in Delhi at 83 | website=Scroll.in | date=19 March 2018 | url=https://scroll.in/latest/872609/hindi-poet-kedarnath-singh-dies-in-delhi-at-83 | access-date=19 March 2018 | archive-date=11 August 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811003543/https://scroll.in/latest/872609/hindi-poet-kedarnath-singh-dies-in-delhi-at-83 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/india/famous-hindi-poet-kedarnath-singh-passes-away-in-delhi-1826008|title=नहीं रहे ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित मशहूर कवि केदारनाथ सिंह, साहित्य जगत में शोक की लहर|work=NDTVIndia|access-date=2018-12-04|archive-date=4 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204195109/https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/india/famous-hindi-poet-kedarnath-singh-passes-away-in-delhi-1826008|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Poetic style==<br />
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Kedar Nath Singh's poetry is characterized by simple, everyday language and images that string together to convey complex themes. One of his major poems is ''Bagh'', a long poem with the tiger as its central character. Published in the mid 1980s, the poem remains one of the most widely read long poems in Hindi literature and is included in many university curricula. At some level, ''Bagh'' bears a striking resemblance to [[Ted Hughes]]' [[Crow (poetry)|Crow]], but the two remain independent in their treatment and scope. “He was a poet of both presence and absence, of love and loss, of anxieties and questions...," said culture critic and poet Ashok Vajpayee.(5)<ref>. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jnanpith-recipient-poet-kedarnath-singh-no-more/articleshow/63386249.cms {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009160520/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jnanpith-recipient-poet-kedarnath-singh-no-more/articleshow/63386249.cms |date=9 October 2018 }}</ref><br />
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==Major works==<br />
[[File:The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the 49th Jnanpith Award to Shri Kedarnath Singh, at a function, in New Delhi on November 10, 2014.jpg|thumb|The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the 49th Jnanpith Award to Shri Kedarnath Singh, at a function, in New Delhi on November 10, 2014]]<br />
*Poem Collection : Abhi Bilkul Abhi, Zameen pak Rahi Hai, Yahan se Dekho, Akaal mein Saaras, Baagh,Tolstoy aur cycle<br />
*Essay and Stories : Mere Samay ke Shabd,Kalpana aur chhayavad, Hindi kavita mein bimb vidhan, Kabristan mein Panchayat<br />
*Others :Taana Baana<br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
He received the [[Jnanpith award]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/kedarnath-singh-chosen-for-jnanpith/article6134362.ece|title=Kedarnath Singh chosen for Jnanpith|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 June 2014|access-date=21 September 2014|archive-date=4 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704074748/http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/kedarnath-singh-chosen-for-jnanpith/article6134362.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> He also received [[Sahitya Akademi award]] in 1989, the Kumaran Aashan, and the Vyas Award.<ref name="Scroll.in 2018"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Indian writers]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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